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  • Before anyone gets hyped thinking this is a spiritual sequel to Bloodborne, they may want to read the description on the official site (translated from Japanese via DeepL):

    The Duskbloods," a multiplayer action game, was announced during a Nintendo Direct released on Wednesday, April 2.

    The software for Nintendo Switch 2 is a PvPvE-based multiplayer action game that pits up to eight players against each other, and between players and their enemies. Players take on the role of the “Twilight Bloods,” a race of people who have been given powers beyond those of humans through the power of special blood, and engage in an epic battle for the "First Blood.

    The “Creator’s Voice,” an interview with the director regarding the concept and worldview of the game, will be released on Friday, April 4 at 10:00 p.m.

    Please look forward to the release of this work in 2026.

    This game appears to be to Bloodborne what Nightreign is to Elden Ring: an online multiplayer-focused experience using a lightweight version of their gameplay formula. Only, while Nightreign is co-op, this one appears to be more competitive.

    Basically, no one should be buying a Switch 2 for this game if they’re expecting Bloodborne 2. If they do, they’re setting themselves up for disappointment.




  • My experience is more “feels” than fact I suppose, but I’ve always seen it that any adjective or noun playing adverb to another adjective or participle should be hyphenated to the word it describes.

    Red-hot coals (coals that are hot to the point of being red)

    Red hot coals (coals that are both hot and red)

    Ruby-red shoes (shoes that are as red as rubies)

    Ruby red shoes (ruby shoes that are red)

    Smooth-talking rogue (a rogue who talks smoothly)

    Smooth talking rogue (a smooth rogue who talks)

    Bamboo-eating panda (a panda who eats bamboo)

    Bamboo eating panda (bamboo is eating a panda)









  • Stovetop@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldVivaldi, now with added VPN
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    Definitely not a good thing. I use Proton VPN, but only because I paid for a license before I realized the CEO is a scumbag. A lot of people are moving away from Proton’s platform, so a browser choosing to bundle it in is just privacy-violating bloatware for everyone except for a subset of users who are also still using Proton, and also for some reason don’t just have the standalone app installed.



  • Anyway, the replicants as depicted in all incarnations are clearly biological constructs and not mechanical, so while they’re certainly artificial the notion of whether or not they’re “robots” to begin with is highly debatable.

    I would say it’s not even debatable, the issue at the heart of the conflict in the original Blade Runner and continued in 2049 is that the Nexus-7 was made so close to humans that they basically are humans, at least in a biological sense. Maybe the earlier models were more android-like, but later they’re basically just manufactured people.

    This is why in 2049 we see >!Deckard, a human, and Rachael, a replicant, were able to conceive a child, who was otherwise born perfectly normal other than not being able to inherit an immune system from her mother.!<





  • VR has the extra element of needing a suitable living space to play in, though. Other games I can do at my desk or in my tiny, cramped living room, but I have nowhere I can easily set up for VR that would allow for significant range of motion.

    I own a VR headset, but I only really use it for games that allow you to be stationary and just use the headset as an immersive monitor with a standard controller. As one would expect, it doesn’t get much use, because not many VR games are made to play that way!